Sussex - Paranormal Database Records

Tugging

Location: Worthing - Broadwater ChurchType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: April 2005Further Comments: Three local people walking through the churchyard experienced a 'tugging' from behind. Two of the people also felt nauseous and had to quickly leave the area. When one of the witnesses returned later, they felt nothing unusual.

Dancing Skeletons

Location: Worthing - Broadwater Green, old oak treeType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 23 June (or Midsummer Eve) (reoccurring)Further Comments: A local tale says that these animated bones appear on midsummer night's eve to dance and jig until the sun rises on the following day.

Guarded Secret Tunnel

Location: Worthing - Cissbury Ring (Hillfort)Type: DragonDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Leading to an untold amount of wealth, the tunnel hidden in this hillfort is guarded by a pair of snake-like dragons. The ghost of a druid is reported to haunt the site looking for this treasure, and the sound of phantom galloping horses have also been reported. Finally, another legend says the structure was formed by earth falling off the Devil's shovel as he tried to dig a hole in the South Downs.

Actress in Grey

Location: Worthing - Connaught TheatreType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1987Further Comments: The apparition of this actress wears a grey dress, though its style has been placed in several periods - maybe dependant on the different roles she played during life..?

Lady in Glasses

Location: Worthing - Field Place HouseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: August 1996Further Comments: This old lady was watched as she walked down a corridor in a long black dress and vanished into a wall.

Naming Names

Location: Worthing - Insurance company, Heene RoadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: Staff are said to have experienced something tapping them on the shoulder in the basement of this building, while two other workers heard their names being called out when they were alone on the site.

Raising Miller

Location: Worthing - The Miller's Tomb, Highdown HillType: Legend - Old NickDate / Time: 1794 onwards?Further Comments: Dancing or walking around the tomb seven times will summon the miller who is buried within, according to one legend. Others say that it will be the Devil who appears when the rite is complete.

Two Children

Location: Worthing - Thorntons and Ernest Jones shopsType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twenty-first centuryFurther Comments: Two child-like figures were caught on security cameras in these shops, while staff report strange sounds and phantom activity. One staff member observed a ghostly entity in a store room, which spoke the word 'quiet'.

Ragged Child

Location: Worthing - Wyke GardensType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1950sFurther Comments: A young child has been seen in this building, looking pitiful and sick.

Location: Yapton - General areaType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1956Further Comments: The ghostly sounds of a Polka could be heard in the village during the early evening, though the source could not be traced.